Mini Teaset Rack
9月
21日
Grammar:
- buy/make/cook 何か for 誰か
- give/send/take 何か to 誰か
Grammar:
- buy/make/cook 何か for 誰か
- give/send/take 何か to 誰か
Okinawan Orchid
8月
7日
Grammar:
There are a few ways to say 久しぶり in English:
- I haven`t 過去分詞形 in/for ages/a long time/a while
- It`s been ages/a long time/a while since I (last) 過去形
- It/this is the first time in ages I`ve 過去分詞形
A Spot of Gifu Sightseeing
5月
11日
Vocabulary:
- 'Spot' has various meanings, e.g. * a small amount ** place, location *** see, notice, find
How to Make a Christmas Wreath
12月
16日
Step 1: Go to a pine (松) forest.
Step 2: Get (命令する) kids to collect pine cones
Step 3: Cut out a cardboard (ダンボール) ring
Step 4: Attach pine cones to ring with wire
Step 5: Attach baby Jesus (doll) in a manger (飼い葉桶)
Step 6: Get (命令する) kids to brush pine cones with white paint
Step 7: Get angry
Step 8: Clean white paint from baby Jesus` face
Step 9: Attach tinsel bow, red berries & flower buds
Step 10: Hang wreath over front door
Step 11: Hope mother-in-law doesn`t notice red berries & flower buds are from her garden.
Grammar:
- Get/Have + 誰か + 動詞 = 誰かに + 動詞 + ように命令する
Money Box
8月
27日
You insert a coin at the top & it rolls down to the bottom.
Grammar:
- help + 誰か + 動詞 or help + 誰か + to 動詞 (both okay)
- help + 誰か + with 名詞
Why Did the Teacher Cross the Road?
4月
26日
The top two paintings remind me of a print by Kyokichi Tanaka.
Vocabulary:
- Be careful: `across` & `cross` are different: across = 向い cross = 渡る
Ununique
2月
16日
It`s a good idea, but not an original one. If you go to Naiki, near Ise Shrine (伊勢神宮), you can see the three monkeys in the photo on a shop`s roof ( 屋根). Please look for them next time you visit Naiki!
Vocabulary:
- originally (副詞) = 元々
- original (形容詞 ) = 独自
2016 Nitten Art Exhibition
2月
13日
The exhibition is at The Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art in Sakae, which is easy to get to by subway. However, if you want to go, please hurry - tomorrow is the last day!
Grammar:
- "easy to ___ (動詞)" = ___ やすい
- "hard/difficult to ____" = ____ 難い
Merry Christmas
12月
25日
I`ve been too busy to do my blog recently, but I will try to post more often in future.
This is a painting of Jesus` birth by Gauguin - `Nativity` (1896). In this painting, Jesus, Mary, the midwife (?) & the angel are Tahitian. Interesting!
Grammar:
- "busy + __ing" = ___ing a lot, ___ing hard
- "too busy to ___" = can`t ___ because too busy
Toy Ford Mustang
7月
8日
In the background you can see the other similar ones that I`ve made. I wrote about them here: http://jp.bloguru.com/otto/158699/one-mans-trash-14
If my kids want, they can drive this one like Steve McQueen in Bullitt. It`s okay.
Vocabulary:
- As usual/ever/always = いつもと いっしょ
- Same as usual/same as ever/same as always = いつもと いっしょ
bokushi 
田仲なお美 
mokomoko 
yukio 
PSPINC JP 
エメラルド 
内倉憲一 
birdy 
KUMA